Cyprus News Agency

Trending-news

Efforts underway to ease tension after flag incident in Turkish-occupied Lysi, UN in contact with both sides President says government prepares bill to address problems faced by entrepreneurs Security Council should be resolute in addressing unauthorized use of force, Cypriot official says at UN meeting Greek Cypriots and Maronites moving back to their Turkish-occupied villages to receive state aid Commerce Ministry promotes potato exports to Germany, Austria and Belgium, Minister says Cyprus wins silver medal at the European Shooting Championship

References on 'mechanisms' in UNSG's report on UNFICYP CNA - UNITED NATIONS, USA/ 11/07/2019 21:00In his report for the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres explains to the members of the UN Security Council his actions in line with the recommendations of Resolution 2453, relating to the conditions that the United States have set on the role of peacekeeping operations as well as the strategic assessment of UNFICYP.

During the reporting period, he says that UNFICYP "engaged with both sides and other stakeholders on other core aspects of Security Council resolution 2453 (2019), including the call for “the sides and other involved parties to explore ways to establish mechanisms and to enhance existing initiatives, with UNFICYP as facilitator through its liaison role, for effectively alleviating tensions and to help address island-wide matters that affect all Cypriots”.

He points out that "specif

(CNA)

*The full text of the news item is available in the paid version of the CNA web service. Subscription Form

*CNA reserves the copyright to the news stories it files, which is granted to subscribers for specific use only.